City leaders object to decision

6:19 AM,
Sep. 13, 2013

Pure Romance consultants sample new lotion products at a national training event in downtown Cincinnati.

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Cindi Andrews

Evidence is growing that political concerns in Columbus killed tax credits that had been promised for a Pure Romance headquarters in downtown Cincinnati.

"The city thought all systems were go; the chamber of commerce thought it was a go," state Senate Minority Leader Eric Kearney, D-North Avondale, said Wednesday. "Everybody seemed to be moving in the same direction, based on the information they received from the state of Ohio, and then the rug was pulled out from under them."

Pure Romance, a $100 million-plus company that sells "romantic enhancements," was planning to move 60 jobs from ...